After driving for five hours, it was already five o'clock in the afternoon when we finally arrived in Anlan City. Anlan City is very big, much bigger than our small county town. Looking at the city with flashing neon lights outside the car window, I suddenly felt a little yearning, yet a little unfamiliar.
Yang Hongjun saw me staring out the window absentmindedly, and as if he understood what I was thinking, he said, "What's wrong, are you yearning for it? You live in a peaceful county town, and you don't know how disgusting and annoying this society is. You will be disgusted with such a city in the future."
After listening to Yang Hongjun's words, I nodded, not quite understanding. Forget it. Now I have to think about how to deal with that zombie.
In fact, Yang's mother should not be considered a real zombie. Real zombies should be raised in corpse-raising grounds. This corpse should have been aroused by a black cat or something on the seventh day after her death, so it should not be too dangerous.
I fell asleep while thinking, and was woken up by Yang Hongjun after a while. When I looked up at the sky, it was almost completely dark.
"Are we there yet?" I asked, rubbing my eyes.
"Yeah, we're here." He then got into the car and I got out of it.
After getting off the car, I saw that the car was parked in front of a three-story villa. This villa was extremely gorgeous, and it was estimated that it had to cover an area of at least 1,000 square meters, and it was three stories high. I looked at the villa in front of me with my mouth open. This villa must be worth at least a million.
I thought about it, but I followed Yang Hongjun into the villa. As soon as I entered the villa, there were already two people waiting inside. I was quite curious. One of them was dressed similarly to Yang Hongjun, and he looked like a successful businessman, while the other was dressed in a Taoist robe, and he looked to be in his 40s or 50s, with a small beard, and he looked quite immortal. I nodded to him, and he nodded to me too.
"Why did you bring someone with you? Who is this person?" Yang Hongjun said to the man in a suit beside the old road in a somewhat angry tone. It seemed that Yang Hongjun didn't know that the two of them had arrived.
"Chairman, this master is a real skilled master from Mount Longhu. It took me a lot of effort to invite him down from the mountain." The man opposite replied with a nod.
Hearing this, Yang Hongjun's expression eased. He looked at the old Taoist in confusion, then looked at me and said to me: "Little brother, it's not that I don't trust you, I don't know about this matter either."
Listening to Yang Hongjun's explanation, I quickly shook my head and said, "It doesn't matter. With fellow Taoists by my side, we'll have a better chance of success." In fact, I was also unsure. Listening to what the man in the suit opposite me said, I felt that this old Taoist was pretty awesome. I hoped that I could just watch the fun later.
Then everyone introduced themselves. It turned out that the man in a suit opposite was Lin Hongan, and the man in a Taoist robe was Wang Hu, whose Taoist name was Qingfeng Taoist. According to his self-introduction, he opened his yin-yang eyes at the age of five, started catching ghosts at the age of eight, and exorcised demons at the age of ten. I was stunned. He then asked me which sect I belonged to, and I told him that I was a Yin-Yang master. After hearing this, he was full of disdain and said, "You have only learned a little bit from us, and you dare to come out to take business? Don't get into a big demonic wind and lose your life."
When Lin Hongan heard this, he felt that the atmosphere was a little off, and he quickly said, "We are all in the same boat, so let's defeat the demons together. When we are done, I will invite you two brothers to go out for singing and drinking."
When Taoist Qingfeng heard what Lin Hongan said, he snorted. I didn't have any objections. I thought about why Taoist Qingfeng was so dissatisfied when he heard that I was a Yin-Yang Master. Suddenly, I remembered what my master had told me before about the origin of Yin-Yang Master:
In the past, when Maoshan and Longhushan were the leaders of the Taoism, the world was prosperous. But by the time of the Republic of China, the number of disciples of Maoshan and Longhushan decreased greatly, it could be said that they were sparse. But at that time, it was a time of chaos. There is a saying that goes, in times of chaos, there will be monsters. In fact, monsters were rampant during that period. But how could famous sects like Maoshan have so many people to catch monsters and possessed spirits? But the solutions were all thought up by people, so someone suggested teaching one person in each area some ordinary Taoist skills, so that there would be no problem in solving local problems.
In this way, every region, even every village, basically had a Yin-Yang Master when it was prosperous. However, the profession of Yin-Yang Master was very diverse, and it could be said to be a hodgepodge. After all, it was taught by many factions. So in the end, the Yin-Yang Master was not under the control of any one force. It could be said that the Yin-Yang Master formed a faction of his own. But Maoshan and others felt uncomfortable. Yes, I taught you the skills, but you didn't listen to me. Why? Therefore, Maoshan and others would only take action when a powerful monster appeared. Usually, they would not go out to subdue monsters, so they particularly disliked the Yin-Yang Master.
Ahem, I have strayed off topic. Let’s get back to the topic.
After chatting for a while, everyone turned their attention to Yang Hongjun's mother, the moving corpse. I didn't pay attention at first, but when I looked carefully, I found a crystal coffin in the middle of the living room with Yang's mother sleeping inside. We walked in together and took a look, and I was shocked to see two big fangs hanging in her mouth.
Yang Hongjun was also frightened when he saw it and said, "That's impossible. It wasn't there this morning."
Then I continued to observe, but couldn't see any reason. Originally, I wanted to burn it directly, but Yang Hongjun didn't want to, so I had to wait. I didn't know when Yang's mother would wake up. Taoist Qingfeng took a look and walked to three meters away from the crystal coffin, moved a small wooden table from outside, and began to set up the Taoist altar.
I walked over and asked, "Hey, man, where's the pulpit? How are you going to exorcise the demon later?"
He glared at me and said, "What do you know, little brat? Just watch." After that, he ignored me and went on doing his own thing.
Seeing that he ignored me, I didn't want to go up to him and try to please him. I just said hello to Yang Hongjun and started wandering around the villa. To be honest, this villa is really big. One room can be used as my cabin. There are many strange-looking treasures in it, but they are very expensive at first glance. I dare not touch them because I don't know how much they are worth.
However, when I walked to a door on the north side, I found that the yin energy inside was particularly heavy. I was shivering with cold, but the door could not be opened. I looked at it curiously, turned around and went downstairs by myself. If Yang Hongjun didn't give any instructions, it's better not to mention it actively. I still know this, so as not to bring trouble to myself. I'm not a hot-blooded Taoist priest or something, and this Taoist Qingfeng doesn't look like that kind of person. But then again, Taoist Qingfeng still has some real skills. As soon as I came down, I saw that his Taoist altar was set up.
There are two types of temples: "praying for blessings" (Yangshi temples) and "death salvation" (Yinshi temples). I won't talk about the blessing temples, which are for praying and blessing others, and the death salvation temples are for saving evil spirits. It seems that he wants to try to save Yang's mother directly. Yang's mother's body has become a zombie, and her soul is sealed inside. After saving it directly, the zombie can be destroyed at will.
I nodded and prepared myself. I didn't bring anything to help the souls to be reborn. Instead, I planned to subdue the zombies first and wait for the master to come back. This was my original goal. However, with the Taoist Qingfeng, it was much easier. I took out five talismans, two "Talismans to Suppress All Evil Spirits" and three "Talismans to Summon the Gods of Time". My master taught me talismans and didn't teach me much else. The function of the "Talisman to Suppress All Evil Spirits" was that if the house was disturbed and ghosts appeared, this talisman would be used to suppress them. It would work. But to put it bluntly, it was a talisman to suppress ghosts.
The 'Talisman for Summoning Gods' is quite powerful. It is to invite gods to possess one's body, just like the shaman dance, except that the gods invited in the shaman dance are quite powerful, and the gods can be invited selectively.
The "Summoning Gods and Generals Talisman" is an uncertain factor. It may not be a big deal if you summon a nb, but if you summon a coward when fighting zombies, then you are done. And the time is not stable, unless the talisman is made by a person with high Taoist skills, or a person with high Taoist skills summons gods, but people with high Taoist skills don't need this talisman, and people with high Taoist skills don't need to summon gods. When you encounter any ghosts, just go up and cut them with two knives, and the job is done. So this can only be used by those of us who are not high in Taoist skills. But sometimes it is very useful. According to legend, during the Ming Dynasty, a fierce ghost appeared and caused trouble. Later, a young Taoist priest was lucky enough to summon the clone of Erlang Zhenjun, and solved the fierce ghost in a few seconds. Because of this, many Taoist priests at that time, no matter what ghost they encountered, they would directly summon gods first. Some Taoist priests died when they encountered an ordinary wronged soul. Later, it was almost made into a forbidden talisman, so this talisman is a very contradictory existence. .
Looking at the five talismans in my hand, I feel that they are of no use. I don't believe it. If I pray to the gods, I might be lucky enough to invite Erlang Shen or something like that. Then I looked at the peach wood sword and the black dog blood in my hands. These two things are quite useful against zombies. I can let Taoist Qingfeng rush forward later.
Taoist Qingfeng looked at the things in my hand and said to me, "Just watch from the side. If you feel lonely, try using the 'Summoning God General Talisman'. Maybe you can summon a powerful character, haha."
Looking at his arrogant smile over there, I thought that I would ask Erlang Shen to come out and kill you. But no matter how much I thought about it, I still had to consider carefully whether to ask for help from the gods.
Then we chatted for a while and waited for about 12 o'clock in the evening.
Yang Hongjun and Lin Hongan also ran to the second floor and hid. Before going upstairs, Yang Hongjun told us repeatedly to make sure his mother was reincarnated and rest in peace. Taoist Qingfeng and I nodded.